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When we picture the English Parliament today, we imagine elected officials, legislative debates, and a system built on popular representation. But the assembly King Edward I summoned to Westminster in November 1295 looked nothing like this. There was no permanent chamber, no universal suffrage, and no modern democratic intent. The representatives of the clergy, nobility, knights, and burgesses gathered for a much more practical reason: the crown was broke. Facing simultaneous wars in…
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